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APPLlCATlON FILED DEC.8. 19H.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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ELECTRIC IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 191%.

Application filed December 8, 1917. Serial No. 206,146.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE BULLOCK and Antonina E. TEMPLEMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at the city of Grand Junction, county of Mesa, and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Electric lron, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to electric irons.

An'object of the invention is to provide a device adapted to be connected with an elec-' tric iron for supporting the cord or wires to which the iron is connected in order to support the same out of the way so that the iron may be operated without obstruction thereby.

In the accompanying drawings, in which we have illustrated one form of the invention Figure 1 is a side elevation of an electric iron having the device in connection therewith.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device in connection with the iron looking toward one end of the iron.

Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the clasp by which the cord is supported.

Fig. 4 is a view showing the construction by which the cord supporting arm is sustained in an upright position.

The electric iron illustrated is of a well known type in which the handle 1 is carried by a support 2 composed of a metallic plate secured to the iron by the connections 3.

in the iron illustrated the electric wires, by which the electric current is conducted to the iron for heatingthe same, are inclosed within a fabricated cord 4, and the iron is provided at its forward end in front of the handle with a socket 5 for receiving the plug 6 in connection with the wires.

Our invention consists of a support adapted to be connected with some part of the iron, in this instance with the handle, to support the wires or cord out of the way so that the iron may be operated without inconvenience therefrom. The device may be composed of any suitable or appropriate material provided with means for engaging the same with the iron, and although we have illustrated the device composed of sheet metal it will be readily understood that it may be otherwise constructed and still remain within the scope of the invention.

In the embodiment illustrated the support is composedof sheet metal which is preferably shaped to provide a supporting arm 7 adapted to extend upwardly from the iron as will readily be understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2. The side edges of the supporting arm 7 are preferably curved and the upper extremity of said arm has two proj'ections arranged to receive and retain the cord or wires between them. As shown the two projections include the converging portions 8 and outwardly diverging portions 9, the latter forming a guide by which the cord is guided when pressed between the projections into the clamping portion thereof. The application of the cord into the clamping device'will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 in which it will be seen that the cord is embraced and held between the projections which constitute a species of clamp for holding the cord with suflicient firmness to prevent it from becomin slack and getting in the way of the iron w en the iron is in use.

Near the lower end of the arm 7 a hole 10 is formed and a slot 11 of narrower width than the hole 10 extends upwardly therefrom. The hole 10 is of suiiicient size to-permit the passage therethrough of the head 12 -of the screw, pin or other fastening device by which the handle is supported in connection with the support 2. Of course, it will be understood that it is not necessary for the head 12 to be in connection with the fastening device by which the handle is secured to the support; for it is apparent that it is-only necessary that the head he rigidly supported by the supporting plate 2 or in connection with the handle.

It is preferable that the vertical side walls of the screw, pin or lug supporting the head 12 be fiat and of considerable width in the vertical planes in which they are located so that when the cord support '2' is applied said arm whereby said arm is maintained between the cord and the hand of the operator engaging the handle.'

9. In an electric iron, a handle, a socket in connection with the forward end of the iron in front of the handle arranged to receive the plug of an electric wire cord for heating the iron, a supporting arm, means for removably supporting said arm in an upright position at the forward end of the 10 hand of the operator engaging the handle. 15

GEORGE BULLOCK. ARTHUR E. TEMPLEMAN. 

